Combined shade, curtain, and drapery support for rollers.



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REINHARD WENDT, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED SHADE, CURTAIN, AND DRAPERY SUPPORT FOR ROLLERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

Application filed February 28, 1910. Serial No. 546,351.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REINHARD WENDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muskegon, county of Muskegon, and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Shade, Curtain, and Drapery Support for Rollers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combined shade, curtain and drapery supports for window frames and has for its object the production of a device of the character stated which shall be of simple construction and ellicient in its operation.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a window and frame equipped with supports embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional elevation of one of the supports, Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the other support, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the socket plates employed in the construction, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of wire supporting member.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawings 4comprises socket plates 1 having outwardly bent4 or olfset socket portions 2 adapted in conjunction with the face of the window frame when said plates are secured in position to form narrow receiving sockets. Each of the plates is provided with a screw hole 3 through which a screw 4 may be passed onto the window frame to secure the plate in position to form the receiving socket 5. The supporting members are formed of horizontally disposed wire support members 6 and 7 connected by means of a vertically disposed loop or bend 8. The bend 8 is preferably flattened for ready insertion into socket 5 and members 6 and 7 are horizontally inclined thereto for a purpose to be hereinafter mentioned. Members 6 and 7 are of different lengths and are provided with upwardly turned outer ends 9 and 10 adapted to receive rods for supporting curtains or other draperies.

One of the socket plates carries an angugage a bolt 14 projecting from the lower portion of socket 5 and equipped with a wing nut 15 by means of which plate 11 may be adjustably secured to plate 1. The other plate 1 is provided with a stud bolt 16 secured in position by means of a nut 17 lying within socket 5. Stud 16 carries an angular shade supporting member 18 the inner cylindrical portion of which slides through an aperture in stud 16. A spring 19 imprisoned between a collar 20 and stud 16 serves to yieldingly hold support 18 in its innermost position. A set screw 21 in stud 16 contacts with a flattened side of support 18 and serves to lock said support in any desired adjusted position. By this arrangement it will be observed that a shade roller 22 may be readily inserted or removed in or from supports 11 and 18 and that supports 6 and 7 may be utilized to support cur tain or other drapery rods 23 and 24 at different distances from the window frame, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. By inclining the members 6 and 7 to the bend 8 their outer end will be projected outwardly as indicated in Fig. 2 for the purpose of better accommodating rods which are as long or longer than the shade employed.

Vhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction this is capable of variation or modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I therefore do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction set forth but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as fairly fall with in the scope of the appended claims. A

I claim- 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a window frame of socket plates arranged to be secured to said frame and form vertical sockets therewith; shade roller supports secured to said socket plates; and curtain rod supports. each comprising a horizontal wire supporting member having a downwardly turned U-shaped loop at its inner end ada ted to be inserted in said socket, the said loop being formed in a vertical plane at an angle to said horizontal member, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a window frame of socket plates arranged to be secured to said fra-me and form Vertical sockets therewith; shade roller supports secured to said socket plates; and curtain rod supports, each comprising a pair of horizontal wire supporting members of different lengths connected together by a downwardly turned U-shaped loop adapted to be'inserted in said socket7 the said loop being formed in a Vertical plane at an angle to said horizontal member, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a window frame of socket plates arranged to be secured to said frame and form vertical sockets therewith; shade roller supports secured to said socket plates; and curtain rod supports, each comprising a pair of horizontal wire supporting members of different lengths and having upwardly turned outer ends and connected together by a downwardly turned U -shaped flattened loop adapted to be inserted in said sockets, said horizontal members being inclined outwardly in a horizontal plane with reference to said loop, substantially as described.

In testimony vwhereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

REINHARD WENDT.

Iitnesses RICHARD BENTON, JOHN VAN DAM. 

